Peter Wilson took a shooting gold for Great Britain just five minutes after Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie had won the men's pairs canoeing as an afternoon gold rush catapulted Team GB into fifth in the medal table.

On their most successful day of the Olympics so far, there was also gold in the velodrome for Chris Hoy and the men's sprint team.

Silvers in the canoeing for Richard Hounslow and David Florence, judoka Gemma Gibbons and the men's lightweight four rowing team pushed Team GB up to 15 medals in total, including five golds.

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Hotshot: Peter Wilson, 25, won Team GB's fourth gold medal of the London Olympics

And the whole team... Silver medalists Britain's David Florence and Richard Hounslow, gold medalists Britain's Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, pose on the podium after the Canoe Double Men's Slalom Final

The men's sprint team also tasted gold on a fantastic day for Team GB

The day's haul is one of the best in Olympics history and falls just short of 'Super Saturday' in Beijing in 2012, when Britain won four golds, one silver and four bronze.

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Earlier, Wilson, who stands at 6ft 6in tall, led for
the majority of the trap shooting competition with Swede Hakan Dahlby
nipping at his heels for the duration.

As
it came down to the final stage, Wilson, who spent the last year
training in Dubai, needed to make one shot of the two to take the gold,
and was already assured of a medal.

Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott took a gold just seconds after Wilson won in the trap shooting

Winners: The pair took gold in the men's canoe double, helping GB to fifth in the medal table

Come here you! Stott jumps into the pool to celebrate with Florence and Hounslow

He kept his composure and made both with aplomb, sealing Britain's latest gold after Team GB won their first yesterday.

Scoring an impressive 188 out of 200 in the final, Wilson became the Olympic champion in his debut Games - no mean feat.

By his own admission, he owes his success to a rather unusual source: a Middle Eastern prince.

Sheikh
Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Hasher Al Maktoum is a member of Dubai’s ruling
family and is an Olympic champion himself. The 48-year-old won gold in
Athens 2004 and, upon his retirement after Beijing, agreed to coach
Peter, the son of a Dorset farmer – for free.

Wilson dropped to his knees as he won gold medal in the men's double trap while his family jumped to their feet in delight.

In a tense and close-run final round Wilson won with a score of 188, ahead of Dahlby on 186 and Russia's Vasily Mosin on 185 in south east London.

A group of relatives made a special trip from Sydney, Australia, to watch the hard-working 25-year-old from Dorset make his dream come true.

Sarah Sherwood, his cousin and godmother, said: 'I am ecstatic, really proud and I knew he would do it.'

Ms Sherwood, who proudly painted a Union flag in the shape of a loveheart on her sleeve to support Wilson, said: 'He has such focus. He has a real talent, great technique and has kept his cool under pressure.

'He is lots of fun, has a great sense of humour has always had a lot of support from people from the beginning of his career.

'I think it (winning an Olympic gold) is pretty special and he is pretty special.'

When
victory came, Wilson looked up and applauded the crowd, smiled and
waved a single finger in the air to show that he was now number one.

The crowd, waving Union flags, started to chant 'Peter, Peter, Peter' as his Swedish rival raised the Briton's arm in the air.

Fans cheer on Team GB in the kayaking finals on day 6

Making a splash: The scenes of jubilation saw Etienne Stott of Great Britain leap straight back into the water with his canoeing teammates after their silver medal

Silver medalists Britain's David Florence, right, and Richard Hounslow celebrate with their coach after competing in the Canoe Double Men's Slalom Final

GB took the gold and the silver medals in the men's double canoeing

And another one: Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott show off their canoeing gold medals

It was a golden five minutes for Team GB, as Stott and Baillie also triumphed in the two-man canoe slalom.

The pair took gold with fellow Britons David Florence and Richard Hounslow winning silver at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.

Just minutes later at the Royal Artillery Barracks Wilson shot his way to gold in a dramatic double trap men's finals.

It is the first time Britain has won canoe gold and victory
was made all the better as the other British pair - Florence and Hounslow - took silver.

The two pairs celebrated arm-in-arm on the course at the Lee
Valley white water centre as they soaked up the adulation of the raucous home
crowd.

In front a jubilant home crowd, Stott
and Baillie won gold in a time of 106.41 seconds, followed by Richard
Hounslow and David Florence who took 106.77 seconds to claim silver.

The success lifts Britain to fifth in the overall medal
table, with four golds. Stott told the BBC: 'It's weird, it could have been a disaster and now it's a dream.

'We
did feel the pressure but for me I thought we needed something to go
right today.There is nothing taken for granted in this sport and getting
to the final was amazing.'

Today's haul lifts Team GB to fifth in the medal table, ahead of Germany

Baillie added: 'To win is mad and for these boys (Florence and Hounslow) to finish second...

'The run we had, I was hoping it might be good enough for a medal but I didn't expect that.'

A capacity crowd gave Wilson a standing ovation before he climbed into the first row of seats to greet his mother and tearful girlfriend Michelle.

As he was surrounded by photographers he simply said: 'It's awesome, fantastic.'

'I would have been happy to get fourth,' Stott added, 'but to win is just mad. The run we had, I was hoping it might be good enough for a medal, the quality is so high and the sport is hard to be consistent. It's is brilliant.'

Baillie said: 'It is weird. It doesn't seem like that is happening. It's unreal. We did feel the pressure. For me I felt we needed something to go right today, we needed boats in the final and there is nothing taken for granted.'

Wilson excelled in his debut Games, and hit 188 out of 200 shots

Ovation time: Wilson was backed to the hilt by the home crowd

Purple patch: Wilson's eagle-eyed shooting allowed him to take gold

Meanwhile, the sun shone brightly as beaming Wilson was presented with
his gold medal.

The National Anthem played, and even the Australians in the
stands, who were largely his relatives, stood and sang a few words.

Emotional: Wilson broke down after he won the gold medal in the trap shooting

Wilson embraces his girlfriend Michelle McCullagh as his triumph sinksin

Gemma Gibbons delivered Britain's first Olympic judo medal in 12 years with a silver after she was beaten by American Kayla Harrison in the women's under-78kgs final at ExCeL.

Gibbons, who spent six months out of the sport after needing surgery on her shoulder, had lit up North Arena 2 as she battled to through to semi-finals and then disposed of world champion Audrey Tcheumeo with an ippon throw in golden score.

Wilson managed to hold off the Swedish opposition as he fulfilled his Olympic dream

However, the gold proved just out of reach for the 25-year-old as the fourth-seeded American claimed a narrow 2-0 victory, for the United States' first ever judo Olympic title.

Coached by Kate Howey, who was the last British judo fighter to win Olympic silver at the Sydney Games, Gibbons opened up well, but was caught by an early Yuko score.

With Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin - a judo black bet - watching from the stands, the Briton went back on the offensive.

Gibbons - who had looked to the Heavens and mouthed 'I love you mum' after her semi-final win, in memory of Jeanette who passed away from leukaemia in 2004 - showed few signs of fatigue from her gruelling encounters so far.

The British judoka gripped well, but her opponent also showed good defensive skills to evade being caught and edged further ahead with another Yuko as the contest moved into the final minute, from which she closed it out.

Nevertheless, Gibbons left the Tatami to a standing ovation, and a congratulatory handshake from Cameron before heading off for the medal ceremony.